North Carolina · Nonprofit
MISSION CHRISTMAS INC
MISSION CHRISTMAS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,049 to it, the largest being HUBERT A RITCHIE FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $83k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $23k
What Mission Christmas Inc does
Mission
At Mission Christmas, our purpose is to create lasting joy and impactful change in the lives of children and families in need. We are dedicated to supporting our community through comprehensive Back to School programs, ensuring every child is equipped with the essential tools for academic success. During the holiday season, we provide basic necessities and heartfelt gifts, bringing warmth and happiness to homes at Christmas. In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Mission Christmas has expanded its mission to include providing vital support and aid to Western North Carolina, helping families rebuild and recover. Since September 2024, Mission Christmas has completed over 280 supply runs to those who were affected by the hurricane in WNC.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Back to School program : Provided 750 backpacks with school supplies to children from underprivileged homes and 350 teacher kits filled with supplies for the school year to teachers in Title I schools.
$5,500 spent9% of program spendingChristmas Initiative : Provide basic necessities and Christmas gifts for children who have been identified through the school systems, battered women's shelters, children's homes and US military. In 2024, we provided for 2,000 children. In addition, we provided basic necessities and toys for families who were directly affected by Hurricane Helene. We provided for 7,500 additional children and families in 2024.
$25,000 spent41% of program spendingHurricane Helene Disaster Relief Efforts : Mission Christmas initially started supporting Disaster Relief Efforts in Western North Carolina by supplying critically needed supplies to families in the most severely affected areas. After a couple of months, our reach expanded to support the long-term efforts through clean-up, household and family supplies and rebuilding. To date, we've completed over 280 supply runs, delivering everything from critically needed supplies, to food, clothing and building materials.
$30,500 spent50% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $61,000.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $14 → $35.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MISSION CHRISTMAS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MISSION CHRISTMAS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of MISSION CHRISTMAS INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $49 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MISSION CHRISTMAS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,328 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like MISSION CHRISTMAS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MISSION CHRISTMAS INC?
- MISSION CHRISTMAS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,049 to it, the largest being HUBERT A RITCHIE FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MISSION CHRISTMAS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $5,049 in grants to MISSION CHRISTMAS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSION CHRISTMAS INC?
- HUBERT A RITCHIE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSION CHRISTMAS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing